The Runaway and Other Poems

By Andrew Scott The Runaway Dear Father, I think it has finally happened. The circle of sins is closing in. The hair on my skin feels it. You may never see me again. The fear that you always had about the free spirit of my life taking over the path of bad decisions has come …

Bountiful Life and Other Poems

By Bhupesh Chandra Karmakar Bountiful Life There is happiness and sorrow in life, but life takes both rain and sunshine, and it creates a rainbow throughout. The people today lead a very hectic life, and work long hours and there is hardly any time left to spend with their family. Life is not just party …

The Forgotten Parcel and Other Poems

By Madhu Gangopadhyay The Forgotten Parcel He left with all things packed The last of his handkerchief His lighter and the half Full cigarette pack! She'd rummaged through the wardrobe Ensured nothing was left! Her nutty heart thought Nothing that belonged to him she'd kept! It was all over and done She could happily move …

Reinvention and Other Poems

By Alex Andy Phuong Reinvention Create through creation Mature through maturation Aging gracefully Surrender to reality Try to try By and by Do more than try Accomplish through accomplishments To experience pure wonderment What Truly Matters Being dependable Reliable Trust-worthy In spite of subjectivity Honor and loyal Brave and true All of that does matter …

Are We Not All Spirits?

By Mike Turner Are we not all spirits? The essence of our lives separate From this corporeal existence? Do we not each feel the tug Of a connection to a more ethereal reality? Something beyond, something infinite More lasting, more meaningful than this transitory “now”? When we close our eyes and still our hearts Do …

An Elegy to Barkeley

By John Goodie I had to witness death today No, not just any death, but that of my best friend, a selfless, comforting soul The soul of an Angel she had You could tell it by her tail and the licking of toes Or jumps to give a kiss Barkeley, a lab/pit mix I met …

Let Go

By C.T. Zaremba He set the pace. She walked the path beside him. It was grass covered, sometimes rocky. In order to get by the obstacles they held hands. Those hands held their world. She set the boundaries. He pushed the limits. It was the push and pull of a marriage. The highs and lows, …

A Little Piece of Heaven and Other Poems

By Fabrice Poussin A Little Piece of Heaven Late by the dimming spark of an abandoned candle she stumbled upon pieces of other people’s memories buried deep at the foot of her forgotten attic celebrated by shrouds of ancestral dust. Soon she found herself outside of time sitting in her little girl’s summer dress as …

Holesome Dough (A Song by the Pharaoh’s Maestro, D’oh-Raymese) and Other Poems

By Ken Gosse Holesome Dough (A Song by the Pharaoh's Maestro, D’oh-Raymese) Doughnuts are our favorite bread, rainy days or in sunshine. Meaningfully, each kid pled, “Father, tell him this one’s mine!” Soulful eyes are watching you; lots of begging while they chew; teasing you to give them two, ’cause they can’t live without dough, …

Peaches and Other Poems

By Robert Ronnow Peaches Wherever peaches grow I go and pick ‘em. When they get ripe I try and swipe ‘em. The farmer runs out with a shotgun and wonders where’s the varmint gone? I’m hiding by the railroad tracks stacking the peaches I’ve found. Then a freight train about a mile long rolls by …